When it comes to German table tennis celebrities, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely Pol and Ochalov, the former is an old opponent of national table tennis, and the latter is a representative figure of German table tennis in recent years, who has repeatedly appeared on the podium of major events such as the Olympic Games and the World Cup. But many people have ignored the No. 3 person in the German table tennis world, his name is Francesca, and the German team composed of Bol and Ocharov won the men's team silver medal at last year's Olympic Games, and the strength of individual singles should not be underestimated.
At the end of December 2021, Francesca announced the good news that she was about to get married, and in January 2022, Francesca held a wedding and officially married a beautiful wife from Sweden, and recently posted photos of her new marriage on social media. It is worth mentioning that the Swedish girl's brother is named Christian Carlsson, if you pay attention to the World Table Tennis Championships in November last year, you should be no stranger to him. Karlsson is a Swedish table tennis star, 31 years old this year, he and another Swedish star Falke formed a partnership, won the World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles championship, in the process of promotion to defeat Wang Chuqin / Fan Zhendong and Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan two Chinese combination, a single tournament consecutive defeat of 4 major country table tennis masters, it is also very rare.
The more surprising guest at the wedding scene was veteran Pol, who was diagnosed with the virus at the end of last year and has since undergone isolation treatment. Now it appears that Ball is back in health and only needs a period of training to re-enter the race. Francesca should also return to training after the marriage, the 2022 event has begun, from mid-to-late January, the races will start, Francesca if you want to achieve good results, you must maintain absolute focus from the beginning.
Francesca is over 30 years old and has a slight decline in physical strength and energy, but in the German table tennis world, no one can challenge his position except Bohr and Ochalov. Francesca has few career champions, and at the 2017 Korea Open, he reached the men's singles final and unfortunately lost to teammate Pol, while in the men's doubles final, he also suffered a defeat, winning 2 silver medals in a single event. At the 2018 European Championships, Francesca reached the men's singles semi-finals and won a bronze medal. At the 2019 Qatar Open, Francesca partnered with Pol to finish second in the men's doubles, which can be described as a silver medal harvester.
When participating in events such as the Olympic Games, the two places in the German men's singles will still be divided between Pol and Ocharov, and Francesca can only serve as a team player. The 2019 China Open was francesca's 2 or 3 years of peak, when he won the championship with his partner Ball and the final opponent was a combination of Ma Long and Wang Chuqin. From the current situation, Francesca will still play for the German team for a long time, and his iron triangle with Bol and Ochalov is still the main opponent of the national table tennis men's team event.